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2002 NCAA DIVISION I SOFTBALL MID-SEASON TRENDS

(Through games of April 21, 2002)


	                        Mid-Season	Final	        Mid-Season
		                2001	        2001	        2002
TEAMS		                239	      * 246	        252
Average Number of Games
	Played Per Team		37.6	       *54.5	        43.6

BATTING
Batting Average		        .251	        .252	        .256
Scoring		                3.51	        3.41	        3.58
Home Runs Per Game		0.33	      * 0.32	        0.38
Stolen Bases Per Game		0.96	        0.98	        0.96

PITCHING
Earned-Run Average		2.34	        2.44	        2.61
Strikeouts Per Seven Innings	4.64	        4.49	        4.95

FIELDING
Fielding Percentage		.953	      * .953	        .951

Averages are per game and per team.  * Record high for completed season.

* There are 253 teams competing in 2002, however Morris Brown College did not report.


CONFERENCE LEADERS


Batting Average                 1. Pacific 10	        .295
	                        2. Big Ten	        .286
	                        3. Atlantic Coast	.274

Scoring	                        1. Southwestern	        5.36
	                        2. Pacific 10	        4.74
	                        3. Atlantic Coast	4.33

Home Runs Per Game	        1. Pacific 10	        0.73
	                        2. Big 12	        0.61
	                        3. Atlantic Coast	0.54

Stolen Bases Per Game	        1. Southwestern	        1.97
	                        2. Mid-Eastern	        1.47
	                        3. Big Ten	        1.30

Earned-Run Average	        1. Pacific 10	        1.48
	                        2. America East	        1.82
	                        3. Big 12	        1.90

Strikeouts Per Seven Innings	1. Pacific 10	        6.99
	                        2. Big 12	        6.34
	                        3. Southeastern	        5.95

Fielding Percentage	        1. Pacific 10	        .968
	                        2. Western Athletic	.964
	                        3. Big Ten	        .962




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